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Freedom of Information Act 2000 Request

National Disclosure Improvement Plan notes from disclosure seminar

Request

1. Any minutes, notes or transcripts from the seminar on disclosure referred to on page 7 of the National Disclosure Improvement Plan;

2. Any papers/proposals presented, presentations made or documents circulated at this seminar.

Response

In response to question one, please refer to Attachment one’, which falls within the scope of your request.

In response to question two, please refer to Attachment two’ which falls within the scope of your request. We consider it is reasonable to disclose information in relation to Senior Civil Servants (SCS) level or equivalent graded staff as such colleagues should be accountable for decisions made in their professional capacity. The CPS policy is not to release the names of staff below SCS level under the Freedom of Information Act and we consider their names to be exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2) concerning ‘Personal Information. We have also exempted the names of those delegates who are not employees of the CPS as we consider it is unfair to disclose their names under Section 40(2) and redactions have been made accordingly. Please see attached Section 17 refusal notice.

Information Management Unit 020 3357 0899 IMU@cps.gov.uk